Cross Company's Instrumentation Group was awarded the 2014 Representative of the Year by the Draeger Gas Detection Systems group. Cross Company was noted for its performance in solution selling for gas detection equipment, custom systems, and service after the sale.
Pictured are Dan Hines, Cross Company Business Development Manager, Malcolm Watmough, President of Draeger GDS, Stefan Draeger, CEO of Draeger, and Matthew Reid, Cross Company Account Manager.﻿

Delivering Repeatable and Reliable Performance for Robust Process Measurement and Control
The newly enhanced Brooks Sho-Rate™ 1350 &amp; 1355 glass tube flow meters incorporate features designed to make them more reliable and easier to use.

New Rosemount Analytical 6888A O2 Combustion Analyzer Improves Boiler Efficiency and Burner Optimization - Key Components of the New EPA MACT/GACT Rule Compliance
The EPA boiler MACT/GACT rule compliance date for area source (GACT) boilers is here (April 2014). Many companies have delayed implementing upgrades to controls due to the EPA delay in issuing their final ruling. Although thousands of boilers will not be impacted by these rules, many will and they include biomass fueled boilers for the first time.

The National Electrical Code (NEC) defines hazardous locations as those areas "where fire or explosion hazards may exist due to flammable gases or vapors, flammable liquids, combustible dust, or ignitable fibers or flyings."
Hazardous locations are classified in three ways by the NEC: Type, Condition and Nature
Hazardous Location Types - Classes
According to the NEC, there are three types of hazardous locations:

WIKA is a valued supplier-partner with Cross Company's Instrumentation Group
In light of the recent changes to regulations for safe drinking water, WIKA introduces a lead free drinking water gauge series to become the first choice in safe drinking water system instrumentation.

In 2011, the Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act was signed into law. The Act has reduced the lead content allowed in drinking water systems and plumbing materials by changing the definition of “lead-free” in Section 1417 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA).

As difficult is it may seem on the surface, converting PPM to % Vol. is actually very simple! Think of 1 ppm as 1/1,000,000. One divided by one million = 0.000001 or 0.0001%. Dividing 1 by 10,000 and then interpreting the results as a percentage will net you the same result.
Using that same logic in a real world example, a customer recently requested a mixture of 6000 PPM propane in air and like most customers, he required a high degree of accuracy to safisfy safety requirements within his plant.

If you spend much time working with Calibration Gas, it's very likely that you will see the term "LEL" used extensively. LEL, short for "Lower Explosive Limit", is defined as the lowest concentration (by percentage) of a gas or vapor in air that is capable of producing a flash of fire in presence of an ignition source (arc, flame, heat).

Calibrating your GPI "09"Series Electronic display using the older "Display/Dispense"
In the fourth and final installment of this series, we'll discuss the procedures for calibrating your GPI "09"Series Electronic display using the older "Display/Dispense" method. As mentioned in an earlier post, this field calibration procedure has been programmed into the 09 Series Display/Flow Computer, but is disabled by default and must be enabled using the custom programming instructions in Part 3 in order for you to access it.